What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

Hit the nail on the head.

Hit the nail on the head.

Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.

Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.

Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.